No pain, no gain? Educational use of ICT in teaching, studying and learning processes : teachers' and students' views (original) (raw)

This doctoral thesis reports on studies about how Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has been utilised and implemented in schools and whether there are tensions or contradictions that might hinder its implementation from advancing in the teaching, studying and learning process. From a teaching perspective, the research themes were studying teachers’ relationships to ICT from three different viewpoints: What are teachers’ attitudes towards ICT? How do they utilise ICT in education? What is the perceived value of the educational use of ICT? From a studying and learning perspective, the research themes were formulated to study students’ attitudes and motivation concerning ICT and virtual learning environments, as well as their perception of the use of innovative software combined with pedagogically grounded learning methods. Web-based questionnaires were used to gather the data. Both quantitative and qualitative data was collected. Quantitative analysis, statistical analysi...

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